Mrs. & Mr. Fire Lord (ATLA Zuko x OC fanfic)

Chapter XIX - Turmoil

It wasn't the first time she was working undercover. But it was the first time she was doing it alone. The helmet was doing a pretty good job covering her face. Iris was anything but scared. She was only trying to come up with a plan whilst executing the orders of her superiors. If she made any suspicious moves, she was sure that she wouldn't be able to fight them all on her own.

But she had one advantage. She was on the inside. She had eavesdropped and she was already aware of their plans. They were going to attack the Water Tribes first. It made sense that they would. The Water Tribes were smaller in size and population, making them easy to defeat. But they had formed alliances with both the Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom, especially the Southern Water Tribe.

The Southern Water Tribe didn't have lots of benders. Which meant, that there wasn't enough chi for the chi-deprived citizens of the Nadilva Tribe. This idea wasn't so smart after all. She couldn't expect anything more from Jet and Nergratia who were leading the Revolution. They named it Predominant Order. More than the two thirds of the SRC were followers of that idea.

It took Iris some time, but she did find where her father had been held. It was a cell, but it wasn't just any cell. It was bigger and he was just locked and lived in it. She hadn't found her daughter. She didn't know where they were keeping her, but she wanted to gut herself in the idea of her being dead. She didn't care much about her father's physical condition. She only wanted to find her father because he potentially knew where hers and Sokka's daughter was.

Huang jumped on his feet when he saw a soldier entering his cell. Something about that soldier told him that they were not a threat. But he still threw a protective hand over the servant and Karel that she held in her hands. Iris threw a glare behind the helmet that she wore towards the woman who held her daughter.

"Leave us," She said coldly. The woman shakily nodded before she set off to leave the room with the child in her hands. "Hand me the child," Iris said and before the woman had the chance to comply, Huang fell in the way.

"Touch her, and I promise you will die by my hand,"

Iris sighed before she took off the helmet and dropped it on the floor, revealing her face. Huang let out a sigh of relief and he retreated. The woman handed her Karel and Iris didn't waste a moment to bring her close and kiss her little forehead. She sighed. That child was the reason she couldn't be with Zuko. She cursed and thanked Karel's existence every single day.

"What are you doing here?" Huang asked.

"I'm taking my daughter out of here,"

"Wait! You can't leave, this is your people, Iris, if they go on with this plan, they're going to get to get slaughtered,"

"They're not my people," Iris hissed. "You failed, father. I thought you had complete control over your subjects,"

"The SRCs are tired. They're tired of hiding,"

"Doesn't mean they should wipe out the entire world!" Iris growled.

"I agree. I need your help, daughter. I can't do this alone,"

Iris gave her old man a considerate look before she looked down at Karel. She didn't want her daughter to grow up into a terrorized world. Iris sighed heavily before she turned at her father.

"You better have a plan,"

Huang nodded. "I do,"

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It took no more than a few hours for the team to reach Yu Dao. Sokka had sent a Messenger Hawk to Suki, notifying her of their arrival. Aang had insisted there was no reason alarm Zuko about Iris's condition if they didn't first make sure whether she was with him. The Fire Lord would be staying at the estate that he had built for the couple of days that it would take for the negotiations to be complete.